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Knockiveagh is a round cairn of Neolithic date located near Banbridge in County Down. The monument sits on bedrock of the Gala Group, a wacke formation laid down during the Telychian period of the Silurian era, which gives the surrounding landscape its characteristic hard, weathered stone base typical of this region of Ulster. The cairn's construction would have utilised stone readily available from the local bedrock and glacial deposits scattered across the drumlin country of south Down.
Round cairns of this type served as burial monuments during the Neolithic period, typically containing cremated remains and sometimes grave goods within internal chambers or cists. Knockiveagh's form and position within the local topography reflect the established Neolithic tradition of marking significant places in the landscape with substantial stone structures that would have remained visible across generations.
The site is protected as a monument of archaeological importance by the Historic Environment Division under reference 8206, recognising its value as a surviving example of Neolithic funerary architecture in the Banbridge area. Such monuments contribute significantly to understanding the settlement patterns, ritual practices and land use of early farming communities in prehistoric Ulster.
Knockiveagh. round cairn is a scheduled monument protected by Department for Communities NI under reference 8206. View the official record →
Knockiveagh is a round cairn of Neolithic date located near Banbridge in County Down. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) under reference 8206.
Knockiveagh. round cairn dates from the neolithic period, and is classified as a cairn. It is one of over 32,000 scheduled monuments protected across the UK.
Knockiveagh. round cairn is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by DfC Northern Ireland (NISMR) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in Ni. The official designation reference is 8206.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Toberdoney. church (site of); graveyard, enclosure & holy well (4.1 km), Rathfriland castle. tower-house (4.5 km), Lisnabrean. bivallate rath (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 14 strands of Knockiveagh. round cairn's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Knockiveagh. round cairn stands on Gala Group, bedrock that formed in the Telychian. The rock here is wacke.